Streaming media players are the most frequently used internet-connected entertainment device according to research firm Parks Associates...

New Parks Associates OTT video research reports that 30% of Netflix subscribers are in the premium service tier, up from the 21% in late 2017. At the same time, uptake of Netflix’s basic tier has fallen from 35% of subscribers in late 2017 to 27% in early 2018. These shifts come despite Netflix’s price increase...

We've noted repeatedly that while Silicon Valley giants like Facebook and Google are portrayed as net neutrality supporters, that hasn't been true for many years now. Google stopped giving a damn about the idea back in 2010 or so when it started eyeing the broadband (Google Fiber) and wireless (Android, Project Fi) markets. Similarly, Facebook has never really been much of a genuine supporter, and has actively undermined the concept of net neutrality overseas in developing nations. Once they became powerful and wealthy enough, they stopped seriously worrying about the threat posed by broadband monopolies.

For a while there, Netflix jumped in to supplant Google as a major net neutrality supporter, frequently highlighting how usage caps can be used anti-competitively or how ISPs were abusing interconnection points and their broadband monopolies to drive up prices for competitors.

But as Netflix has grown more powerful, its advocacy for net neutrality has waned proportionally. The co ...

The streaming-content giant has cut a deal with the satellite-radio broadcaster to create an outlet for its comedy content...

Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, announced on Wednesday that two research projects, Loon and Wing, are becoming independent businesses.
Loon, the balloon-flying internet-delivery project and Wing, which is developing a drone-delivery service, are now standalone businesses operating under the Alphabet umbrella.
This likely means little to Alphabet's bottom line for the foreseeable future, but the two projects emerged from Google's X facility, which is more focused on changing the world.

Loon and Wing, two research projects developed within Google's secretive X research facility, are becoming standalone businesses within Alphabet, Google's parent company announced Wednesday.
Loon is the project that releases massive balloons into the stratosphere carrying the gear needed to supply people in rural communities with an internet connection. Wing seeks to develop the means to deliver goods to consumers via  drone aircraft.
Alphabet said the companies' financial...

Australia is preparing to ban Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment for its planned 5G broadband network after its intelligence agencies raised concerns that Beijing could force the Chinese telco to hand over sensitive data, two sources said...

L’application de télévision recrute « 650 abonnés par jour », mais cherche des investisseurs...

SVOD platform Netflix has used the Anime Expo event to unveil two new anime series – Ultraman and Kengan Ashura, along with the renewal of popular series Aggretsuko for a second season. Ultraman is an action drama from Production I.G and Sola Digital. It centres around a man possessing the spirit and DNA of the legendary hero...

Altice sous-performe nettement le marché en matinée avec un titre qui cède plus de 3% à 3,2 euros...

Facebook and Google are sticking to new data privacy regulations, but that doesn’t mean they have to make the options easy for users...

La future plate-forme vidéo de TF1, France Télévisions et M6 n'a pas encore vu le jour qu'elle est déjà la cible de concurrents...

Orange is installing Broadpeak video processing technology for the delivery of advanced video services for its mobile and IPTV services in France...

Facebook is testing a new feature called "Keyword Snooze" that allows users to block posts with certain words from showing up in their News Feeds.
The option would make it easier for people to avoid spoilers for certain TV shows and movies.
The option launched this week for users within a test market, and Facebook will expand it if it is successful.
Users select the option within the drop down menu on a post, which will give them a list of words from the post they can block.

If the devastating ending for "Avengers: Infinity War" was spoiled for you, or if you haven't caught up on hit TV shows like "Westworld," Facebook is introducing a feature that will help you avoid those spoilers from showing up in your News Feed.
The feature is called "Keyword Snooze," and Facebook launched it for users within a test market this week. It allows the user to block certain words from showing up in their News Feed, essentially granting the ability to block spoilers for movies and TV shows...

Streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix accounted for a quarter (£225 million) of UK TV export sales, which reached £902 million ($1.1 billion) between 2016/17, according to a report from Pact. The report, produced in partnership with BBC Studios, ITV Studios and DIT, showed that US sales were £335 million making it the UK’s...

The program aims to compensate group admins for their time.
The social media giant has announced that it is piloting a subscription-based program that will allow group admins to charge users $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to special sub-groups. The company says it’s doing this after feedback from some group admins that it takes them a lot of time and effort to maintain their groups...

Turner Classic Movies in the US has expanded support for its Watch TCM app to the fourth-generation Apple TV and fifth-generation Apple TV 4K...

DUBLIN, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
The "Cloud Music Streaming - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East...

Les bruits de couloir vont bon train autour d'une possible consolidation du marché des télécoms. Et si le scénario d'un rachat de SFR par Bouygues Telecom semble presque attendu, la perspective d'un rapprochement entre Iliad (Free) et Orange est déjà plus surprenante...

Aujourd’hui, Axa, la Maaf ou encore la SFAM propose des assurances contre la perte, le vol ou la casse de nos objets connectés. Mais qu’en est-il du piratage ? Alors que nos téléphones portables regorgent de données personnelles et professionnelles, sociétés et particuliers commencent à s’y intéresser de près. Plus qu’une...
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There have been rumblings over at Spotify HQ of a plan for the streaming platform to pay advances for direct deals with artists and artist managers. Chris Castle explains why this shift is a wrong turn for the music streamer ___________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Policy...

Ajaccio - En lançant une déclinaison spécialisée sur la musique, le moteur de recherche européen Qwant espère rassembler les acteurs de l'industrie musicale pour faire découvrir l'univers de millions d'artistes, un pari osé face à...

Horowitz Research publie une étude State of Pay TV, OTT and SVOD qui compare la proposition de valeur entre les chaînes payantes traditionnelles et les nouveaux services de SVOD et skinny bundles...

Spotify is now allowing artists to get the most out of their platform with new music industry courses called, “The Game Plan.” The new series will help artists take their career up a notch with the help of music legends and Spotify insiders such as global head of creator services Troy Carter and former global […]
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Why? Let him tell you. Lyor Cohen used to complain about YouTube. Now he wants you to pay $10 a month for it.
What changed?
The very short answer is that Cohen used to run big record labels. Now he works at YouTube, as its emissary to music labels and the people who make music.
The longer answer is that Cohen wasn’t the only person at a music label with a gripe about YouTube. Many label executives have long complained that YouTube, which makes billions of dollars selling ads, doesn’t send them enough of that ad money.
In response, YouTube introduced an ad-free subscription service in the hope of mollifying the labels. Today they are rolling out a new version of that service.
And if you want the really long answer, with a bunch of turns, stops, starts and weird pauses, then I have a podcast for you: It’s the interview I conducted with Cohen last week, when he stopped by the Vox Media offices in Manhattan to show off the new service...

La présentation des résultats trimestriels du groupe Altice Europe a été l’occasion d’annoncer une évolution de l’équipe de management Europe, et notamment la nomination d’Alain Weill, actuellement Président et Directeur Général d'Altice France comme Directeur Général d'Altice Europe, «compte tenu de l'importance croissante de l'activité française» selon le communiqué du groupe Altice...

Les derniers chiffres du marché de la vidéo à la demande par abonnement montrent la progression récente des services SFR Play et Prime Video en France. Et la chute continue de CanalPlay...

The Domino's drone has just whirred into the night, leaving me a steaming-hot pepperoni and jalape?o pizza. Nest has chilled the air to a perfect 67 degrees with 41 percent humidity, filling my living room with a hint of pine, my favorite scent. As the large wall across from my couch lights up with a...

New research from Parks Associates has found that just more than a quarter (27%) of US pay-TV households say that sports programming is the primary reason they subscribe to their service...

Susanne Daniels, the global head of original content for YouTube, said in a recent interview that her company's original programming can't compete with Netflix's investment in original content.
"I don’t think you can compete with Netflix at this point; they're too far ahead," Daniels told IndieWire of YouTube Red, the company's subscription programming service.
Daniels added, "I do think, in time, we can compete with Hulu and Amazon and certainly Apple, and hopefully, you'll see us do that."
Netflix, which will have spent an estimated $8 billion on content in 2018, reached a mark of 125 million global subscribers in April.
Netflix has faced competition in the TV streaming field from massive companies like Google parent Alphabet and Amazon for years, but at least one of its competitors sees the field-leading streaming service as out of reach.
Susanne Daniels, the global head of original content for YouTube, admitted in a recent interview with IndieWire that her company's ori ...

L’architecte Mathieu Mercuriali explique, dans une tribune au « Monde », que la numérisation des transactions et des services ouvre la gestion et la construction des villes à une économie collaborative entre ses usagers...